Emergency safety support for brake beams



S'ept. l, .1925

S. CRONE EMERGENCY SAFETY SUPPORT FOE'ERAKE EEAMS Filed De.

ATTORNEY,

Patented sept; 1, 1ers.

UNITED STATES 4.1,552,048 PAT-ENT orifice.

VSETE A. GRNE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR- TOBUFFALO BRAKE BEAM COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

EMERGENCY SAFETY SUPIOR-.l` FOR BRAKE BEAMS.

Application filed December 20, 1924. Serial No. 757,126.'

To all wzom t 'may conce/m:

Be it known. that I, SETE A. CRoNn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency Safety Supports for Brake Beams, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains to railway brake beams, and particularly 'to novel auxiliary or emergency Supporting bars extending beloW und to receive the brake beams in the event that aid beams should become detached freue/their hangings, one purpose o' the invention being to prevent, in cas, ot accident, the brake beams from falling under the Wheels, derailrnent being thus avoided.

A fnrther'feature of the invention resides in the means I have provided for seem-intP the auxiliary or emergency bars and suspending the I'same rornthe usual or any suitabie ferm of spring plank, these means being adapted to very firmly clamp the auxiliary emergency bars and also, when necessary, to permit the convenient removal of said bars in a speedy and convenient manner.

In carrying out 'my invention I secure a novel form of inserted channei-liire Wrought metal bracket `against the bott-om of the spring plank bymieans or." integral banner members engaging .the opposite vertical,

faces of the spring plank and riveted to the anges of said plank, there being no rivets extending through 'the bottoni of' the spring plank for securing the aforesaid bracket, and l mount the emergency bars Within said brackets, there being a bracket at each side of the car truck, and iinally lock the bars Within the brackets by n cans of removable transverse pins which extend bc- .tween the sides of the bracket and engage a transverse' recess io'rined iu the botto-.n of said bars, said pins, when in position, pre venting the bars from having eudwise moree -t and binding the bars against the bottom surface ot the top of the bracket. I

'The invention Will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference seing had to the accom rmvff; drawings, in which:

e. fertig-al iongitudinal section leigh a po in or' car trunk equipped the fest-taies of my invention, the secplank and tion being on the dotted lino Fig. :2 is a top View, of the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section, through a portion of the same, taken on the dotted line 3?-3 of Fig. l;

lFig. 1 is a like view, the section being taken on the dotted line i--e of Fig. l, and

Fig'. 5 isa detached bottoni view ot the supporting bracket 'for the emergency bar,

In the drawings, l() designates a. conventionaiforin ci spring blank,l'l the channellike supporting bracket of my invention, and l2 the auxiliary or emergency bar held in said support or bracket, it being under- 1-1 of Fig. 2; partly broken away,

stood that` there is a bracket il and an auxile iary or emergency bar at each side of the truck, these bars being below the end portions of the brake beams, which l indicate in section in Fig. i.. 13 denoting the compression member of the beam, and 14 the truss rod or tension member thereof.

The spring plank l0 comprises a bottom l5 and vertical Hanges i3, as'usual. The supporting bracket il is formed or Wrought metal and is of inverted channel form, haw ing a top li which extends transversely bclow and against the bottoni of 'the spring side members or iianges i8 which are spaced apart and parallel with each other and receive between them the emergency barv 12, which. may of any suitable cross-section, but by preference is of inverted channel form having a top member 19 and depending side ilangcs 20, said top member 19 being against the lower surface of the top of the bracket. il, and said side iimiges 2O ii'tting with reasonable wmf-ness between 'the members i8 oreaid bra. et, The supporting bracket iliis formed in tep'rally with end members or straps 2i which initiallv constitute extensions ,et the top member ii of the brach .1 and are then bent vertically to form the members 9i which closely engage the flat outer sides of the iiangcs 1G oi.l the spring plank and are bent at their cxtreme outer ends. at 22, 'to hook over and engage the upper edges of said flanges i6, as shown in Fig. l. The end members or hangers 2i are secured to the fianges 1G or" the spring' piani; by means oi rivets The end members 2i are of such length that when scoured to the flanges 1G of the spring plank in the manner de scribed, they bind the upper surface or top if A,

' Plank reassess i Yfront and rear edges of sain( ,said end members being riveef4 beams, and means detachably supporti ng said' bars from the sprint? plank, comprising in verted channel barkfets receiving and-,sup porting said bars, and rneansg;L r locking said bars against -endwiseniovernent in said brackets, -lsaidfbrackets having integral members which extend vertically. .against and Iare rivetedto tire .front and rear faces of said spring fplank'f' Q 4:. In a cartruck,havinga spring plank and inside hung brake-beams, auxiliary or emergency safety--bar-fextending longitu-y dinally below.y andfnormally' free mi the beams, and means d'etachably supporting said vbars from the springv plank, comprising inverted channelpbracket's receiving and supporting .said bars, and means for locking said bars againstendwisem'cveiuent in said brackets, said brackets haying integral end members which extend've'rtically against the front and rear faces of the spring plank and at their upper ends are bent over and cnvgage the upper front and rear edges o said spring plank, said end men'xbers being riveted tothe spring plank.

. 5. In a car-truck having a spring plank beams, and meansdetach y supporting said lbars from the spring yUnk, xnnpris-` ngnyerted channe1/brackets 'tous of whose",dcpending side members are flanged inwardly togprovide seats ``for said bars, and transverse pinsextending through said side members andingagin said bars for lockin the same against en wise movement, sai

brackets having end members which extend dinally below and nornnalli free of the `vertically against and are riveted to the front and., rear -f'aces of said spring plank.4

6. In a car-'truck having a springpank or *and inside hung brake beams, auxiliar emergency safety-bars extendin lon tudi 'nelly below and normally free o the cams,

and means dctacha'bly supporting .'d bars from the spring plank, com rising in erted channel braekets, portions ci) whose de nd ing side members are flanged inwardly rte provide seats for said bars, and transverse pins extending through said side members and engaging said bals for locking the-same against en'dwise movement, said brackets having end members which extend vertically against the -front andrear 4faces of the spring'plank and at their upper ends are bent over and engage the upper front and rear edges of Asaid spring plankmsaid end members being riveted to the spri I plank. Signed at New York city, in the county of N ew York, and State of New York, this 15th day of December A. D. 1924. and inside hung brake bea-ms, auxiliary or emergency safety-bars extending longitu-4 SE'LH A. CRONE.

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